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Joe Turkel

Joe Turkel

Joseph Turkel (July 15, 1927 – June 27, 2022) was an American actor. A career character actor, he was noted for his craggy Bronx looks and distinctive, penetrating voice. Turkel worked steadily from 1949 to 1998 in both films and television, including in the Stanley Kubrick films The Killing (1956), Paths of Glory (1957), and The Shining (1980). He still made the occasional appearance at fan conventions into his 90s.

  • Staircases to Nowhere: Making Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
  • Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
  • On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
  • The Dark Side of the Moon
  • Reel Horror
  • Blade Runner
  • The Shining
  • Which Way Is Up?
  • The Commitment
  • The Hindenburg
  • The Prisoner of Second Avenue
  • The Sex Symbol
  • Savage Abduction
  • Wild in the Sky
  • Six Hundred and Sixty-Six
  • The Animals
  • The Devil's Eight
  • Scream Free!
  • The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
  • The Sand Pebbles
  • Village of the Giants
  • King Rat
  • The Yellow Canary
  • Johnny Cool
  • Portrait of a Mobster
  • Famous Ghost Stories
  • Tormented
  • The Boy and the Pirates
  • The Purple Gang
  • Here Come the Jets
  • Verboten!
  • Warlock
  • The Bonnie Parker Story
  • The Case Against Brooklyn
  • The Beast of Budapest
  • Paths of Glory
  • The Shadow on the Window
  • Hellcats of the Navy
  • Jeanne Eagels
  • House of Numbers
  • The Midnight Story
  • The Killing
  • Friendly Persuasion
  • Mad at the World
  • The Naked Street
  • Inside Detroit
  • Cell 2455 Death Row
  • Duffy of San Quentin
  • The Bamboo Prison
  • Gypsy Colt
  • Return from the Sea
  • The Human Jungle
  • The Glass Wall
  • Down Among the Sheltering Palms
  • Man Crazy
  • A Slight Case of Larceny
  • Fixed Bayonets!
  • Starlift
  • Halls of Montezuma
  • Triple Trouble
  • Lucky Losers
  • Federal Man
  • Southside 1-1000
  • Angels in Disguise
  • City Across the River
  • Sword in the Desert

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